The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-03
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GLINKsC Gales, EDITOR.
81 HoME, / January 26, 1887.

ONE 81 Jsnuary 70, l86i
fll &: EDITOR 81 tseems strange to me
sthat Ssth our d pIseop bnt especially the
s pasrons Of our schools, do not take more
issiin, crest instbe education Of the children
So, 5sofsour 81 country. If You SPEAK to man
ABOUT tie education Of his children ne
will say, yes I'm going to send my
chiidren; to: school all lean. ! know an
seducatio viii be Of mora benefit to
sts them than any thing can possibly give
sate, then, 81, Many Of them do send their
CHI ildren; but they aeem to think that hat
sis au they must do. fsthe children are
sp3,rstt well pleased with the teacher, are
mot too much troubl might about the
! lessons, and do not 5corae STery often with,
ssPa AIr. a said viii Ssoa please get the
books ne has given you the names OF
1 here n things get on very smoothly.
{ FsW of them trouble themselves further.
Thev scarcely ever, if aE al, visit the
sschos5l ,and give the teacher very little
enc, encouragement in his work, any way.
Many Of the school houses are very
poorly furnished --you can hardly say
sthey: are: m furnished at all. I have one in.
my d's eye now. The patrons all are are
sin good circnm m1tances, all have good,
com com forsable homes !; and We are quite
able to aid. very much in building 9 neat
Comfortable school house. Yet for some
g: :reason they do not do it. They send
their children, who ars itenderly watched
over at home, from day TO day, out OF
their comfortable homes to 9 school
ghouse which is any thing but comfortable.
The house has, . good Fireplace, but there
sis not 8 footof ceiling about it. There
SIS quito d supply = Of + a,raeks, S though,
about the doors, windows, etc. The
seats are about as poor as they can be to
z;hs called seats. IT is impossible to keep
warm in such q house. The only way it
IS possible for the children toibe kept in
sthe least COMFORTS to keep them as near
the fire as il is possible TO keep them: It
yfould certainly be much to:the interests
of the patrons Of such schools 70 furnish II 81,
3 them better. In the first place the lives
sof both children:and teacher are put to
! agsireat risk, and no doubt, the health Of
many many; q child has been ruined by such
houses. Then, it is impossible for the
sypropsr amount Of work to be done, BY
either teacher Or pupil, when each is
sahiiYering with cold, which must j be the
case during sneh weather as we have had
sthis5winter. Then again, tits impossible
for tEs teacher to hare the regularity,
system, en- and order which shonld be q
sprominet feature Of every school. How
can aSchiid, that is ip school nine or ten
months out elEe, be expected to be
sth ! otherwise than crook backed Or hump
should dered when the seatsupon which it
/ must sis has no back and there il no sup
port for us is feet but the thin air below
them
think4one of the most important
lessons which should be taught in our
schools IS the habit exact and prompt
obedience. Tssch the children to do the
srigkt thing the right time in the right
sway. They will soon be men and womsa
tostaEs charge Of the State, the church,
and society ard they should have the
best training: possible. both bodily and
mentally, 50 they will be able to fill these
important stations.
did NOT mean to complain, but l DO
think there are many who need to be-
much wider awake on the school ques,
3 gttion.